Started with protests in Daraa in 2011, the Syrian conflict rapidly turned into a war with a number of foreign powers supporting various militant groups (including al-Qaeda-linked) against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Since then, the country has been a point of instability in the Middle East.Russia began a military intervention in Syria in 2015 after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against militant groups.This allowed the Syrian government to survive and to regain initiative in a battle against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), ISIS and other militant groups.

On February 9, the TAF’s general staff said in a statement that 1,062 ‘terrorists’ have been ‘neutralized’ since the start of Ankara’s Operation Olive Branch. According to the statement, the Turkish Air Force destroyed 19 targets and ‘neutralized’ 34 ‘terrorists’.

Ankara describes the YPG as a terrorist group, the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

I’m looking on the map and noticing that the big olive branch operation is stalling… Seems that kurds are heavily defending their positions in Afrin area.

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You can call me Al

I am not so sure. I think the Turks will make slow progress of it, suffer many casualties but in the end, they will get there. Erdy has gone out on a limb and he is the sort of fruit cake that will not let it go, however many of his Country folk die.

Remember the Kurds are boxed in, nowhere to run, even just popping in a few shells, a couple of airstrikes will finally whittle the Kurds down.

I have no side in this 2 way conflict, for me they can shoot at each other all they like.

Ishyrion Av

That’s true. Of course they will take Afrin if they don’t care about the loses… Just that the battle doesn’t seem to be as quick as Erdo was guessing in the beginning.
I am wondering how prepared is the Turkish army to face a real war, like this. They have the numbers, they have the equipments, but it seems something really important is missing.

Feudalism Victory

Its called morale compounded by the purge which I think removed some of their most competent officers

Feudalism Victory

Tough territory. Erdogan made sure to frame it in terms of ethnic cleansing (with associated killings) of kurds. And then hes trying to use traitors and mercenaires to do the invasion.